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A. N. HOVEY.

CHEGKRBIN HOOK. No. 367,400. Patented Aug. 2, 1887.

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ANSEL N.HOVEY, OF JACKSON, MICHIGAN.`

CHCKRElN-Hook.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 367,400, dated August2,1887.

Application filed April 2l, 1887. Serial No. $235,642. (No model.) V

vand the object of my improvements is to pro vide a hook from which thecheckrein is not liable to be accidentally disengaged, and which can beconveniently secured to the harnessi saddle. y-I attain this object bythe means illustrated iu the accompanying drawings, in

'which- Figure 1 is a side elevation, and Fig. 2 is a plan, of a portionof a harness-saddle with my improved checkrein-hool'r attached. Fig. 3shows my checkrein hook attached. to 'that vkind of harness-saddle inwhich the checkrein-hook is secured on the upper surface of the saddleinstead of betweentwo of the different partsof which the saddle is made.

Similar reference-figures refer to similar parts throughout theseveralviews l is a part of the skirts ofa harness-saddle. 2 is the seatof a gig-saddle. 3 isa checkreinhook. i

rlhe hook-3 is secured to the saddle in the usual ways and curvesforward and upward, then backward and upward, and near its highest partdivides into two forks, 4 and 5. The forks 4 and 5 bend away from eachotherand backward and downward to near their ends, where they come atopposite sides of and below the highest part or ridge of the saddle.From this point they may bend upward to their ends. Said forks shouldseparate far enough to leave vspace for the checkrein to readily passedgewise between their lowest part and the saddle.

` The method of adjusting the checkrein to and the-operation of myimproved checkreinhook are as follows: The checkrein is bowed over thetop of the saddle and passed edgewise between the saddle and the forks4t and 5, and rests in the bend of the hook 3. It will be noticed thatif the checkrein is thrown backward by the motion of the horses head orotherwise, it will strike against the forks 4 and 5 and the top or ridgeof the saddle, and be prevented from disengaging, while it may bereadily disengaged by hand in a manner similar to that described forinserting Vit into the hook.

In checkrein hooks heretofore used the hook, as the forks .tand 5separate sufficiently to permit of the bolt 6 being dropped verticallyinto place between them.

The method ofadjusting my improved checkrein-hook to harness-pads forteams is entirely similar to that herein described for adjusting it tothe harness'saddles for single horses, and therefore requires noseparate description.

Having fully described my invention, what I wish to claim and secure byLetters Patent l. A checkrein-hook having its prong divided into twogradually-diverging forks, substantially as shown and described.

2. The combination, with a harness saddle, of a checkrein-hook bentbackward over said saddle and divided into two forks, said forksextending near to and below the highest part of the saddle,substantially as and for the purpose described.' y

In witness whereof I have hereunto affixed `my hand and seal this 18thday of April, 1887.

ANSEL N. HOVEY. [L s] Witnesses: A

. ELLIOTT-J. STODDARD,

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